The United Nations and peacekeeping,1988-95 / Chen Kertcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kertcher, Chen, author.

Series:

Manchester International Relations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations--History--20th century.

United Nations.

United Nations--Peacekeeping forces--History--20th century.

Peace-building--International cooperation--History--20th century.

Peace-building.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 230 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

The United Nations & peacekeeping, 1988-95

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book offers a brief review of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations from 1947 to 2014. It examines international politics at the United Nations from 1988 to 1991 when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) dissolved. The book offers new explanations for the dwindling support for UN peacekeeping operations from late 1993 to 1995. It examines the diplomatic discussions at the Security Council, the General Assembly and the UN Secretariat on the objectives and principles of success of the operations from January 1992 to mid-1993. It is accepted by researchers and even the UN Secretariat that peacekeeping operations can be divided into two separate time periods: from 1947-88, or the Cold War era, and from 1988 to the present, the post-Cold War era. The book further explains what occurred in the UN during 1995 that called for a re-examination of the new concept and practice of peacekeeping in civil wars. It shows how the international community succeeded in providing only part of the requirements for the many operations, and especially for the large multidimensional operations in Cambodia, the former Yugoslavia and Somalia. Finally, the book emphasises the importance of regional organisations with regard to the maintenance of international peace and security.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; The theoretical framework and research design; The outline of the book; Notes; 1 A history of UN peacekeeping; The UN and the maintenance of international peace and security; The first generation: UN peacekeeping 1947-87; The first period: UN peacekeeping from 1947-56; The second period 1956-67; The third period 1967-87; The second generation: UN peacekeeping from 1988 to 2014; The first period 1988-95; The second period 1995-99; The third period 1999-2014

Characteristics of peacekeeping operationsNotes; 2 New thinking: UN peacekeeping and the end of the Cold War 1988-91; The strange alliance and the renewal of the debate on peacekeeping; Traditional peacekeeping in new times; The Gulf War: enforcement by the Charter; Cambodia: inventing a new model for peacekeeping in the land of genocide; Resources for the new peacekeeping operations; The change in the support to UN peacekeeping after the Cold War; Notes; 3 Agenda for peacekeeping 1992-93; UN peacekeeping as panacea to intrastate conflicts; The use of peacekeeping to tame intrastate conflicts

Cambodia: From transitional to legitimisation peacekeepingFormer Yugoslavia: mismanaged disintegration; Somalia: from traditional peacekeeping to peacebuilding; Support for the changes in peacekeeping; Notes; 4 The failure of peacekeeping as a panacea to civil wars 1993-95; The victory of old politics over new models; The international rift over the concept of peacekeeping; The pressure for reform of the Security Council; Revision of the new concept; Mind the gap between theory and practice in UN peacekeeping operations; Multinational force and regional organisations; The UN financial crisis

Somalia: from peacebuilding to collapsed operationFormer Yugoslavia: from protection of civilians to protection of interests; Croatia; Bosnia; Notes; Conclusion; In summary; Notes; Bibliography; Online secondary sources; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jul 2026).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-222) and index.

ISBN:

9781526100344

1526100347

9781526100337

1526100339

OCLC:

982022793